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 Three other al Qaeda fighters were also killed in the strike, Al
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said in statement posted on
Twitter.
Sheikh Harith bin Ghazi al-Nathari was on AQAP's legal committee and
served as an adviser on legal and religious affairs, the statement
said.
AQAP claimed responsibility for last month's deadly attack on
France's Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris and is regarded as one of
the global militant group's most potent branches.
Saturday's strike was followed by at least two more, showing there
has been no let up in a U.S. campaign against suspected militants
despite a power vacuum created by the advance of Shi'ite Muslim
Houthi rebels into Sanaa and the resignation of president Abd-Rabbu
Mansour Hadi.
 On Monday, at least three al Qaeda suspects were killed by a U.S.
drone in southeastern Yemen.
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The United States has been cooperating with Yemeni security forces
to track and kill suspected AQAP members in Yemen's deserts - a
strategy that rights groups have criticized for causing repeated
civilian deaths.
(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty in Cairo and Nidal al Mughraby in Gaza;
Writing by Raissa Kasolowsky; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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